Turner County, Georgia

administration
Turner County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80001247
US state :	Georgia
Administrative headquarters :	Ashburn
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Turner County Administration P.O. Box 191 Ashburn, Georgia, 31714-0191
Foundation :	August 18, 1905
Made up from:	Dooly County Irwin County Wilcox County Worth County
Area code :	001 229
Demographics
Residents :	8930 (2010)
Population density :	12.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	751 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
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The Turner County is a county in the state of Georgia to the United States . The county seat is Ashburn .

geography

The county is located in south-central Georgia, about 120 km from the northern Florida border and has an area of 751 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water surface, and is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wilcox County , Ben Hill County , Irwin County , Tift County , Worth County, and Crisp County .

history

Turner County was formed on August 18, 1905 as the 143rd County of Georgia from parts of Dooly County, Irwin County, Wilcox County, and Worth County. It was named after Henry Gray Turner , a Confederate captain and later a member of the US Congress.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	10,075	-
1920	12,466	23.7%
1930	11,196	-10.2%
1940	10,846	-3.1%
1950	10,479	-3.4%
1960	8439	-19.5%
1970	8790	4.2%
1980	9510	8.2%
1990	8703	-8.5%
2000	9504	9.2%
2010	8930	-6%
1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census, the then 8,930 inhabitants were distributed over 3,339 inhabited households, which gives an average of 2.56 people per household. There are a total of 3841 households.

69.1% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring) with an average size of 3.10 people. There were children under the age of 18 in 34.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over in 30.3% of all households.

27.6% of the population were younger than 20 years, 24.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.5% were 40 to 59 years old, and 21.7% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 39 years. 48.8% of the population were male and 51.2% were female.

54.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 41.6% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.4% as Asian Americans . 2.2% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 0.7% to several ethnic groups. 3.2% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

The average annual income per household was 34,667 USD , while 27.6% of the population lived below the poverty line.